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Best Camera Photography Apps for iPhone (2026)

29 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Part of Photo Taking.

Dazz Cam - Vintage Camera is the top-ranked of 29 camera photography apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 116,267 ratings.

  1. 1
    Dazz Cam - Vintage CameraS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 116,267 ratings · score 97
  2. 2
    1998 Cam - Vintage CameraS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 40,358 ratings · score 95
  3. 3
    Retrica: Digicam Filter CameraS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 33,777 ratings · score 94
  4. 4
    OldRoll - Vintage Film CameraS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 5,598 ratings · score 93
  5. 5
    Kamon - Vintage Film CameraS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 5,749 ratings · score 91

What belongs in this list

Take photos with a camera app that gives them a particular camera look, such as retro or disposable.

Not here: Photo filters on saved photos alone; Dual camera mode alone; Posing guides alone; Zoom alone; Default phone camera alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
Dazz Cam1998 CamRetricaOldRollKamonVNTGDAZE CAM
A
radcamLeica LUXRetroShot0.3MP CameraNOMO CAM(Not Boring)DispoClassicLapse
B
Rookie CamWest
C
FoodieReLens-DSLRHipstamatic®Huji Cam2AM CAM
D
Film CamRetro CameraFILCAVaporCam-Ret…
F
kirakira+True VHS

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Dazz Cam - Vintage CameraS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 116,267 ratings · score 97 · best in class
  2. 2
    1998 Cam - Vintage CameraS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 40,358 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  3. 3
    Retrica: Digicam Filter CameraS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 33,777 ratings · score 94 · best in class
  4. 4
    OldRoll - Vintage Film CameraS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 5,598 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  5. 5
    Kamon - Vintage Film CameraS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 5,749 ratings · score 91 · best in class
  6. 6
    VNTG: Vintage Film CameraS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 6,950 ratings · score 91 · best in class
  7. 7
    DAZE CAM - Vintage CameraS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 12,087 ratings · score 90 · best in class
  8. 8
    radcam: digital cameraA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 39,329 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  9. 9
    Leica LUX - Pro Manual CameraA
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 7,865 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  10. 10
    RetroShot - Film CameraA
    Free download · ★ 5.0 · 4,844 ratings · score 86 · excellent
  11. 11
    0.3MP CameraA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 9,920 ratings · score 84 · excellent
  12. 12
    NOMO CAM - Point and ShootA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 48,168 ratings · score 83 · excellent
  13. 13
    (Not Boring) CameraA
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 5,215 ratings · score 83 · excellent
  14. 14
    Dispo: Retro Disposable CameraA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 8,230 ratings · score 82 · excellent
  15. 15
    Classic Camera by HipstamaticA
    $4.99 · ★ 4.7 · 4,552 ratings · score 80 · excellent
  16. 16
    Lapse - Disposable CameraA
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 118,298 ratings · score 80 · excellent
  17. 17
    Rookie Cam - Photo EditorB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 11,377 ratings · score 78 · good
  18. 18
    West - Film & EffectsB
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 25,735 ratings · score 71 · good · provisional
  19. 19
    Foodie - Filter & Film CameraC
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 9,321 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
  20. 20
    ReLens-DSLR Beauty Focus CamC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 2,092 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  21. 21
    Hipstamatic® Analog CameraC
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 2,822 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  22. 22
    Huji CamC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.2 · 11,978 ratings · score 65 · situational
  23. 23
    2AM CAMC
    $0.99 + IAP · ★ 5.0 · 28 ratings · score 63 · situational · provisional
  24. 24
    Film Cam - Vintage Roll CameraD
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 602 ratings · score 60 · weak
  25. 25
    Retro Camera: Beauty SelfieD
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 41 ratings · score 60 · weak · provisional
  26. 26
    FILCA - Vintage Film CameraD
    Free download · ★ 3.8 · 2,469 ratings · score 59 · weak · provisional
  27. 27
    VaporCam-Retro Filter CameraD
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 5,327 ratings · score 54 · weak
  28. 28
    kirakira+F
    $0.99 · ★ 4.8 · 10,906 ratings · score 44 · avoid · provisional
  29. 29
    True VHS - 90s Vintage cameraF
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 3,443 ratings · score 39 · avoid · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best camera photography app for iPhone?
Dazz Cam - Vintage Camera, S tier, ranked #1 of 29, rated 4.8 by 116,267 people.
Which camera photography apps are free?
26 of 29 are free to download: Dazz Cam - Vintage Camera (S), 1998 Cam - Vintage Camera (S), Retrica: Digicam Filter Camera (S), OldRoll - Vintage Film Camera (S) and more. 15 of them sell in-app purchases. 1 reports no in-app purchases.
Which camera photography app has the best App Store rating?
RetroShot - Film Camera at 5.0 from 4,844 ratings.
How many camera photography apps reach S or A tier?
16 of 29. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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